What is 'LSE'? | Freetrade Dictionary

London Stock Exchange, which was founded in 1571 and now has a market cap of almost $5 trillion.

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Unit Trusts

A collective investment scheme the investors pay money into in exchange for units. The money is invested in a diversified portfolio of assets.

United States Dollar (USD)

The famous greenback our friends in the US use as currency.

W-8BEN Form

Non-US individuals and businesses may have to file this form for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the US tax authority.

After-hours trading

Trading outside of a stock exchange's opening hours.

OEIC

Unique to the UK, these funds pool together money to invest from multiple investors.

Earnings per share

We look at what earnings per share mean and how to calculate it

Time Value of Money

The concept that money you have now is more valuable than the same sum in the future.

Accrued interest

The interest earned on a gilt since the last dividend date. When buying a gilt, the buyer pays the accrued interest at the time of a transaction to the seller in addition to the clean price of the gilt

Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF)

A collection of investments, pooled into a single fund that can be bought and sold on a stock exchange.

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